US EditionRomania’s political crisis heightens recession risks, employers say
- Romania held a rerun presidential election with George Simion and Nicusor Dan facing a runoff on May 18, 2025, amid political turmoil and economic concerns.
- The rerun followed the annulment of last year's election due to alleged electoral violations and unproven Russian interference, with key candidate Calin Georgescu disqualified.
- Simion, leader of the hard-right AUR party founded in 2019, won the first round decisively by appealing to anti-establishment voters and the sizable Georgescu electorate, while Dan stressed pro-Western reformism.
- Analysts and Romanian MEP Siegfried Muresan warned that Simion's presidency, labeled far-right and eurosceptic, could endanger Romania's EU and NATO ties, destabilize the region, and reduce foreign investment.
- Simion's win triggered Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's resignation and heightened political uncertainty, reflecting broad anti-establishment sentiment with potential risks to Romania's domestic stability and Western alliances.
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Romania’s political crisis heightens recession risks, employers say
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) -A deepening political crisis after the first round of Romania’s presidential election triggered the collapse of a pro-Western government, raised the risk of pushing the country into recession, the head of the country’s largest investors’ group said. Financial assets in the European Union and NATO member state have tumbled since hard-right eurosceptic George Simion won Sunday’s vote, triggering the resignation o…
How the Establishment Is Domesticating Populism
The victory of the right-wing candidate George Simion in the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential election has been celebrated by some on the right as a populist victory. By this account, the EU- and NATO-aligned forces that overturned the country’s previous election in November have failed to turn back the growing backlash against the establishment. But a deeper analysis suggests a more complex and troubling picture. Simion’s rise comes …
Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll before vote run-off
BUCHAREST - Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion will win the May 18 run-off vote against centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, an opinion survey showed on Wednesday, as the two clashed over worldviews and deficits in a debate. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Romania's revolt against liberal globalism
Orthodoxy and sovereignty strike back. Alexander Dugin sees George Simion's first-round win in Romania's presidential election as another spark in Europe's conservative surge and a sign of the nation's Orthodox revival. The victory of the sovereigntist candidate George Simion in the first round of Romania's presidential election is a momentous event. It confirms the Romanian people's will to end the dominance of the liberal Euro-elites and the g…
Romanian presidential candidate from the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) Gheorghe Simion said today that it is a "good idea" for the state to have control over the country's natural resources, land, underground wealth and strategic companies.
‘Shameful’ socialists attract EU lawmakers’ ire for not backing Romania’s centrist candidate
Hard-right George Simion is heading for power in Bucharest — but the timid socialists aren’t yet supporting independent rival Nicușor Dan. That’s causing a ruckus in Strasbourg.
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